
Central banks need to prepare for climate change
In 2006, the notorious Stern Report asserted that climate change poses the biggest challenge to the discipline of economics. Markets, it argued, cannot properly account for climate change and its…
Read Full articleNew decade opens with cascade of US coal plant closures
The new decade is opening with a mounting cascade of plant closures in the United States coal industry, with investors abandoning ship, revenue being driven down by record-low gas and renewable energy…
Read Full articleDistrict Energy: We need your technical expertise - help us “unlock” access to financing
Tuesday, 16 January, 10-11 AM CET: 1 hour kick-off webinar - register here The district energy project has started and a first draft covering scope, structure and types of projects was developed with…
Read Full articleThe technical potential of large and industrial heat pumps
Heat pumps are considered large if they exceed capacities of 100kW. They can easily reach the one to several megawatt range with the largest units providing 35MW in a single machine. Currently…
Read Full articleThe key to scaling up energy efficiency – new business models and structures
The level of investment in energy efficiency required to meet climate and energy security targets is significantly higher than both the current levels, and the levels that can be financed by public…
Read Full articleFacilitating Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Symbiosis Networks: The Key to Sustainable Innovation
The following article is a summary of the report “Facilitator roles for knowledge sharing in industrial symbiosis" delivered by the EU project CORALIS. And it is also a training article for the…
Read Full articleElectrifying the Future: Joule-Heated Catalytic Reactors as a Pathway to Decarbonization and Innovation
In today's energy landscape, one of the most pressing challenges is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from energy-intensive industries like chemical manufacturing. With climate change…
Read Full articleThe clean energy race - EU fights back with new green industry and critical raw materials legislation
The starting gun on the global clean energy race has long been fired — now Europe is finally getting out of the stalls. Two new proposals, unveiled by the European Commission on Thursday, are meant to…
Read Full articleWhere energy efficiency is really found is in the minds of men and women
First published here We know that there is a massive potential for cost effective energy efficiency in nearly all, well all in fact, sectors and situations. Study after study in many countries and…
Read Full articleIs an energy revolution underway in Chile?
First published here Chile’s share of renewable energy has tripled in the past five years. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look at the policy behind this massive growth, and the road ahead. In May, Chile’s…
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